homing
pronunciation
How to pronounce homing in British English:
UK [ˈhəʊmɪŋ]
How to pronounce homing in American English:
US [ˈhoʊmɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- orienting or directing homeward or to a destination
Word Origin
- homing (n.)
- "action of going home," 1765, in reference to pigeons, from present participle of home (v.). Homing pigeon attested by 1868.
Example
- 1. Their homing and guidance systems are improving .
- 2. As greed gave way to fear , investors and bankers behaved like so many homing pigeons , inflicting a dramatic reversal on financial globalisation as they retreated to their domestic markets .
- 3. But the prickly creatures have devised a way to shorten their search : the eggs release a chemical homing beacon to help guide the sperm .
- 4. Officials from the sd-10 's manufacturer , the luoyang electro-optical technology development centre ( loec ) , say the sd-10 was designed from the beginning to function with a dual-mode seeker operating in distinct active and passive radar homing modes .